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NEAT & Multiobjective Optimization - Week 4

NEAT & Multiobjective Optimization - Week 4

Rahul Ganesh, 22 June 2019

This week, I mostly debugged the code and tested the code in the XOR test. At first, the results were disappointing, but they have since improved. However, there is still a lot of work to be done, since the performance is still far from up to par. Hopefully by the end of next week or maybe the one after that, I'll have a finished product.

Something I learned this week is how rigorous and time intensive testing is. At the time of writing a timeline for this project, I naively gave testing one week, but it looks like it will take me two or (god forbid) three to get it all done. This is a lesson any readers planning to apply for GSoC, give ample time for testing, especially with a large project. It'll be worth it :).

This week I went back to some old hip hop I love. I especially like jazz rap, and one of my favourite groups is A Tribe Called Quest. They have multiple classic albums, but my favourite is Midnight Marauders. Give it a listen :)

Thanks for reading!